Plant protector



H. C. CHASE ET AL.

PLANT PROTECTOR Filed Nov. 24, 1933 INVENTORS 62*? 5 ATTORNEY '3 havinga hexagonal body'portionanda dome. What we claim i$;

Patented Oct. 2 I934 {em-res stares. iPiATENr OFFICE p, H PLANT rao'rno'ron" inamiitenc. Chase and Philip; H.-;Sanford,

. v Los. Angeles, Calif.

' Application November 24,1933, SeriaI'No. 699,538 9 Claims. (orb-28 This invention relates to plant protectors which earth anchor tabs 10. Gum-med strips 11 are are adapted to be set over seeded portions and creased along their medial longitudinal axes and growingplants'to protect them from theinclemcementedover the meeting edges of the blanks encies of the weather and which will shield the forming a complete protector.

j plant from light raysJ fof -too intensive magnitude Theffplant glass paper is translucent and com- 60 for their. mos't effective growtl r flt is common parativelythin. The creased strips of V cross practice to employ'paper'protectors for thispur sections provide reinforcement studs and topose and to form the protectors of transluce'nt getherwith the. belts form a frame work for the paper known a s'.p lant..'glass. Such protector paper, such that the tent is formretentive and should be of a shape such as to lreadily shed will not collapse under its own weight or that water, permit dropletscollec'ting on the inner encountered in handling. The entire structure surface to run down the walls; shouldbe of a is light in weight. The apex 12 formed by the shape so asnottocrowd the plant at its upper overlapping waists adds to the stability of the portions as it enlarges during growth; should be structure.against collapsion.

H self contained, maintain itsshape during han- In-the use" of the protector, it is placed over dling and economical to. construct; a seededpart. of the soil or a plant. The earth The object of this iven'tion, ,i s to provide a or any other suitable loose materialis piled over plantfprot'ector having any or all 'ofthe last menthe earth anchor tabs 10. The protector forms tioned desiderata. i a housingto shield the plant or seeded portion This object is. accomplished by the plant pro: against rain, snow, Win hail, to p h tect'or illustrated in the accompanying drawing, temperature within fairly constant and to absorb inwhichz-A v "I; f some. of the light.v Obviously, water which im-,

Fig. 1" is aperspective' viewof a-co'mpleted prohinges, or collects on the outside is readily shed.

tector; Fig.2 shows 'a face viewfof three" paper Also watercollecting on the inside will follow 'blank'sin' initial assembled position for constructthegwa ls 139 11 n The upper P o Of 8 ing a'protector; and Fig.f3-is a. sectional view of the protector is not constricted so as to crowd a fragment as seen on the line .2 -2 of Fig. 1; the growing plant. Protectors made in accord- Referring more particularly to'Fig. 1, it will be ance with our invention areeconomicalto man noted that the protectoris of marquee tent form, ufacture and use. 85

Earth anchor tabs outstand from the b'odyat the 1.,A plant protector of tent form comprising base. I f {j 1 a plurality of like paper blanks, each of said For the hexagonal form qfprotectordiscljosed, blanks being symmetrical and having fl p p rblanks'are cut from paper. such as plantfg'lass? ion joined by a med al r ri wai s id 3 and in the formshown in Fig. 2. The outlineof blanks being assembled in cruciform relation 9-9 the blanks is such asto..provide a symmetrical overlapping at-their waists to provide an apex shape'wher'ein there are flaps'5 joined by a conand having their adjacent marginal edges meetstricted waist 6. 'Theflaps 5 are general of ing one another; and reinforcing fastening strips gableform having hips '7. The portionsiwithin extending along the meeting edges of said flaps,

{ the hips are designed to form the dome like'roof, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and ceand the outer portions of the flaps are provided .men'ted thereto, said strips being sharply creased for sidewalls. It will be noted that the blanks longitudinally to provide V cross sections. are provided. with gummed strip belts 8 and '9 "'2. A plant protector of tent form comprising a cemented thereto. 5 Belts 8 extend transversely plurality of likefpaper blanks, each of said blanks between hips;' and belts 9 range transversely being symmetrical and having flap portions joined across the flaps near their outer ends. These by a medial constricted waist, said blanks being belts are placed in position before the blanks are assembled in cruciform relation overlapping at out from the stock. their waists to provide an apex and having their The blanks positioned in cruciform relation as adjacent marginal edges meeting one another for shown in Fig. 1 are placed over a forming block the major portions of their extents, the outer and brought down over the sides with side edges ends of said blanks being free and creased transof adjacent blanks meeting. The blanks are versely to provide outwardly directed earth ancreased at longitudinal edges of belts 8 to form chor tabs; and reinforcing and fastening strips roof eaves. They are also creased at longitudinal extending along the meeting edges of said flaps, edges of belts 9 and turned outwardly to form overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemer ted thereto, said strips being sharply creased longitudinally to provide V cross sections.

3. A plant protector of marquee tent form comprising a plurality of like paper blanks, each of said blanks being symmetrical and having flap portions of gable form joined by a medial constricted waist, said blanks being assembled in cruciform relation overlapping at their waists to provide an apex and having their adjacent marginal edges meeting one another, said blanks being creased transversely between hips; and reinforcing and fastening strips extending along the meeting edges of said flaps, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemented thereto, said strips being sharply creased longitudinally to pro-v vide V cross sections.

4. A plant protector of marquee tent form comprising a plurality of like paper blanks, each of said blanks being symmetrical and having flap portions of gable form joined by a medial constricted waist, said blanks being assembled in cruciform relation'overlapping at their waists to provide an apex and having their adjacent marginal edges meeting one another, said blanks being creased transversely between hips; reinforcing and fastening strips extending along the meeting edges of said flaps, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemented thereto, and reinforcing belts ranging along and extending between the hips and cemented thereto, 'said strips being sharply creased longitudinally to provide V cross sections.

5. A plant protector of marquee tent form comprising a plurality of like paper blanks, each of said blanks being symmetrical andhaving flap portions of gable form joined by a medial constricted waist, said blanks being assembled in cruciform relation overlapping at their waists to provide an apex and having their adjacent marginal edges meeting one another for the major portions of their extents,said blanks being creased transversely between hips, the outer ends of said blanks being free and creased transversely to provide outwardly directed earth anchor tabs and reinforcing and fastening strips extending along the meeting edges of said flaps, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemented thereto, said strips being sharply creased longitudinally to provide v cross sections.

6. A plant protector of marquee tent form comprising a plurality of like paper blanks, each of said blanks being symmetrical and having flap portions of gable form joined by a medial constricted waist, said blanks being assembled in cruciform relation overlapping at theirwaists to provide an apex and having their adjacent marginal edges meeting one another for the major portions of their extents, said blanks being creased transversely between hips, the outer ends of said blanks being free and creased transversely to provide outwardly directed earth anchor tabs; reinforcing and fastening strips extending along the meeting edges of said flaps, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemented thereto, and reinforcing belts ranging along and ex tending between the hips and cemented thereto, said strips being 'sharplycreased longitudinally to provide V cross sections.

7. A plant protector of tent form comprising a plurality of like paper blanks, each of said blanks being symmetrical and having flap portions joined by a medial constricted waist, said blanks being assembled in cruciform relation overlapping at their waists to provde an apex and having their adjacent marginal edges meeting one another for the major portions of their extents, the outer ends of said blanks being free and creased transversely to provide outwardly directed earth anchor tabs; reinforcing and fastening strips extending along the meeting edges of said flaps, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemented thereto, and reinforcing belts ranging along the creased portions at the anchor tabs and cemented thereto, said strips being sharply creased longitudinally to provide V cross sections. I 1 I 8. A plant protector of marquee tent form com-'- prising a plurality of like paper blanks, each of said blanks being symmetrical and having flap portions of gable form joined by a medial can; stricted waist, said blanks being assembled in cruciform relation overlapping at their waists to provide an apex and having'their adjacent marginal edges meeting one another for the major portions of their extents, said blanks being creased transversely between hips, the outer ends of said blanks being free and creased transv'erse its ly to provide outwardly directed earth anchor 7= tabs; reinforcing and fastening strips extending along the meeting edges of said flaps, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemented thereto, and reinforcing belts ranging along the creased portions at the anchor tabs and cement ed thereto, said strips being sharply creased longitudinally to provide V cross sections. r

9. A plant protector of marquee tent form comprising aplurality of like paper blanks, each of said blanks being symmetrical and having'fiap portions of gable form joined by a medial con; stricted waist, said blanks being assembled in cruciform relation overlapping at their waists to provide an apex and having their adjacent marginal edges meeting one another portions of their extents, said creased transversely between hips, the outer ends of said blanks being free and creased transversely to provide outwardly directed earth anblanks being for the 7 major chor tabs; reinforcing and fastening strips ex,-

tending along the meeting edges of said flaps, overlapping the marginal edges thereof and cemented thereto, reinforcing "belts ranging along the creased portions at the hips and cemented thereto, and reinforcing belts ranging along the creased portions at the anchor tabs and -ce.

mented thereto. said strips being sharply creased longitudinally to provide V cross sections. HAD/HILTON C. CHASE. PHILIP H. SANFORD.. 

